Definition of Fenestra

1. Noun. A small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear).


Definition of Fenestra

1. n. A small opening; esp., one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear.

Definition of Fenestra

1. Noun. an opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fenestra

1. a small anatomical opening [n -TRAE]

Medical Definition of Fenestra

1. Origin: L, a window. A small opening; especially, one of the apertures, closed by membranes, between the tympanum and internal ear. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fenestra

fenderhead
fenderheads
fenderless
fenders
fendier
fendiest
fendiline
fending
fending off
fendliche
fends
fends off
fendy
feneration
fenestella
fenestra (current term)
fenestra cochleae
fenestra nov-ovalis
fenestra of the cochlea
fenestra of the vestibule
fenestra ovalis
fenestra rotunda
fenestra vestibuli
fenestrae
fenestrals
fenestrane
fenestranes
fenestras
fenestrate

Literary usage of Fenestra

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomical Technology as Applied to the Domestic Cat: An Introduction to by Burt Green Wilder, Simon Henry Gage (1882)
"The stapes will be drawn out of the fenestra ovalis. Note the small bony process on the caudal side to which is attached the stapedius muscle. ..."

2. The Elements of Embryology by Michael Foster, Francis Maitland Balfour, Adam Sedgwick, Walter Heape (1883)
"The tympanic cavity is bounded on its inner aspect by the osseous investment of the internal ear, but at two points, known as the fenestra ovalis and ..."

3. Lectures on Aural Catarrh by Peter Allen (1874)
"... fixing the stapes to the circumference of the fenestra ovalis. ... matter thrown out so as to connect it with the adjacent parts of the oval fenestra; ..."

4. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"When the tonsil is completely through the fenestra of the instrument, only the smooth, thin mucous membranes of the anterior and posterior pillars lie ..."

5. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"ARTICULATION OF THE STAPES WITH THE fenestra OVALIS.—The margins of the oval window and the edges of the foot-plate of the stapes are covered with a thin ..."

6. Hand-books of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy by Dionysius Lardner, George Carey Foster (1874)
"—In the inner wall of this cavity there are two principal foramina, a greater and a lesser; the former being called, from its oval shape, the fenestra ..."

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